While mobile Skype has been available for some time in other countries such as the United Kingdom, it has been slow to catch on in the United States partly due to carrier concern that it would cannibalize their phone call revenue. "I'm firmly convinced that if Skype could find a way to bridge all those cellphone cameras and laptop cameras it might kick start a video telephony opportunity," he said. "If we do it we will have to do it incredibly well."ĬCS's Wood said that if Skype can replicate the popularity of its desktop video feature on the cellphone it would help a mobile category that has been slow to take off, as well as boost its own status in cellphones. "We're considering video carefully but we have a really high bar on the quality," and how the user interaction will work with other applications on iPhone, he said. While Skype video is very popular with desktop customers, Durchslag said that the company is still considering whether it will offer video for the iPhone or other phones. The iPod Touch launched September 2008 has a microphone, unlike the first iPod Touch launched in 2007. The service will also work on later versions of Apple's latest iPod Touch device, which has Wi-Fi links but no cellular connection. As with Skype on the desktop, fees will be charged for calls to traditional phones. Skype's iPhone application will be free to download and will allow free calls between Skype users. "Whether you're Twitter, MySpace or Facebook you want to be embedded in the address book," said Wood.
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